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Monday, April 12, 2010

Happy!

So these aren't the most flattering pictures...but I thought I'd post them anyway!

Ryan had a meeting with some people from and who donate to BYU Hawaii last week. They greeted everyone at the doors with leis and then the meeting was decked out in Hawaiian stuff. Ryan brought home the lei for me! I loved it! Amazing what some little flowers can do to brighten your mood! It's just so pretty!

I also thought I'd post these pictures just to add to all the belly shots. These are going to be some of the last few--these were taken at 38 weeks. SOOOOO ready to be done with a big belly! :)

Easter 2010

Kamryn got an Easter Basket from the Easter Bunny--although she doesn't quite understand the concept. It had bubbles (with a no spill bubble bucket), crayons and a giant coloring pad, and eggs with candy inside. She went for the eggs first! It was like she already knew what she'd find inside! :)

Eventually we convinced her (by hiding the candy) to play with the other things!

She loves bubbles even more now! (Now that she knows what this bucket is for!) She cries everytime we have to stop the bubbles and come inside the house. She likes to hold the wand and put it up to her mouth--like we do--but doesn't quite understand the concept of "blowing" yet! So funny!

She loves to color! And a big pad of paper makes it LOTS harder to write off of the paper! :)

Happy Easter Kamryn!

And the verdict is...

Saw the Doctor this morning and I'm progressed enough that he gave me the choice of whether or not to be started this week. Ryan and I have been talking and thinking about it and think it would be good for our family for me to be induced.

So--the verdict is to start me Wednesday morning at 6:30 in Orem! :) yay!

It feels a little surreal to think that I'll have another baby in just 48 hours (probably) :) Very excited and I think having it "planned" like this will make it easier to determine what to do with Kamryn during it all! She'll probably be more "at ease" about it as well---instead of being thrown around every which way and unsure of what is going on! :)

So...we'll keep you informed. As far as the next couple of days, I'm going to try really hard to update my blog and get things organized and ready. (And get myself ready mentally ... I'm gonna have 2 kids!) :)

Sunday, April 11, 2010

39 weeks!

Doctor appointment for 39 week checkup is tomorrow morning!

I'll be back after to post about what's going on. As far as any progress this week ... no contractions, no movement, no nothing! BLAH!

However, my parents were out of town for the week and now they are home again and I started having some contractions and tightening tonight...so hopefully the Dr. will be able to see progress tomorrow at the appointment! :)

I'll keep you posted! :) Love ya!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

no baby yet

Don't have tons of time to post right now...

but after a very frustrating weekend, we still have no baby and Dr. says he would give me at least another week. However, with my track record (Kamryn) he could come this week...no way to know! But this last weekend was just a lot of false labor...frustrating but it is what it is.

(I think I'm frustrated mostly because with Kamryn I never experienced a bunch of false labor. In fact, really not any! She just came!) :)

Anyway, just thought I'd update everyone...I'm going to spend the week trying not to think about it too much. He'll come when he comes and that is good for me. Heavenly Father is in charge and will help my body do what it needs to do in the time it needs to happen!

Thanks for your support and love! I feel it. :)

Saturday, April 3, 2010

38th week of pregnancy (March 30-April 6)

Belly photos

My mom threw me a "mini-shower" for me. Some of my aunts and cousins and my Grandma and sisters and moms went out to eat at Red Lobster. It was very yummy and very fun! I got a little spoiled--I love all the gifts! (Thank you, thank you, thank you!) :)

Then last night I started feeling contractions around 5:30. I walked up and down our hallway a few times to help them stay. Then we decided to go to Maceys (grocery store just down the street) and walk around there. (wear me out AND wear Kamryn out before bedtime!) :) At about 7:30 we decided to go up to my parents to put Kamryn down there for bed, just in case we had to go to the hospital. While we were there, we decided to play cards. (Fools Bridge--Grandma's favorite game!) I stood up and walked around a lot of the time to keep contractions going.

After a few hours, contractions were 2 minutes apart and I was having to breathe heavy. So, around midnight we went down to the hospital. The nurse walked into our room after I changed and I recognized her! She was the same nurse that helped me when I was in labor with Kamryn almost 2 years ago!! How funny is that?!! :)

She hooked me up to a couple of monitors and checked me. I was dilated 3 cm and 70% effaced. They can't actually admit me to the hospital unless I'm at least 4 cm, so they let me sit and contract for an hour and came back to check. No progress. So...she let me sit another hour--I was soooo tired and I was dying! Contractions were really strong... yet an hour later when the nurse checked, I still was in the same place! I was SO frustrated!! Ana (the nurse) said our only option really was for me to get a shot of morphine to help me relax and sleep, but it won't stop contractions if this is real labor. I agreed to get the shot and I went home and crashed! 4:00am till about 9:30am I was out like a light. Then throughout conference sessions today, I couldn't really stay awake! The drugs were still affecting me. I couldn't think straight...I was dizzy...could barely walk! Finally at about 7:00 tonight I was feeling better---and now it is 8:00 and I'm finally starting to feel contractions again! Hopefully I'll be able to go back and be admitted to the hospital tonight! Cross your fingers and say a little prayer! We'll keep you updated---facebook, texting and hopefully blogging. We'll see! :)